WordPress: How to Create a Website for Small Businesses with Minimal Outlay
Totally for Newbies. No Coding. Easy step by step instructions.
What previous students say:
"The course was well-structured and comprehensive in its coverage and delivery - ideal for anyone starting out building a WordPress site for business from scratch. Carol's WordPress experience shines through in every lecture she delivers, and in addition to knowing her material, she delivers it in a clear and concise manner. This course is aimed at small business owners specifically, and Carol covers all the essential items in an efficient and effective manner. Recommended for anyone wanting to build a WordPress website for their business quick smart." (Philip Low)
"Comprehensive easy to follow guide: Carol takes you from the the very basics all the way through to some more complex tasks with grace and ease. You will definitely be able to build you own site after this course." (Sharon Ramel)
Are you fed up with paying other people to build your website? Having to continually pay them to make changes? Being charged over the odds for hosting?
Well here's the good news. You can create a website yourself, have full control to make changes, and pay only a minimal amount for hosting. Even better, you don't need to know anything about HTML or other gobbledygook.
70+ comprehensive lessons cover step by step everything you need to get your website up and running. Videos and instructions make sure the steps are clear and easy to follow.
Here's what you will learn:
Doesn't building a website require me to learn computer code like HTML?
Absolutely not. If you can send email, search the web and login to a website like your bank account, you have all the skills you need to create a professional looking website.
Isn't there a lot to learn?
This course breaks things down into manageable size chunks, so you can take your time and move forward at your own pace. Do it all in one day or one section a day, the choice is yours.
Is it expensive to have my own site?
WordPress is free so apart from your monthly hosting and domain (URL) costs of a few bucks there are no other costs.
Why WordPress?
WordPress is used by 50 million sites worldwide, it has been around since 2008, and it's easy to use. And did I say it's free.
So why do I need my own domain (URL)?
With your own hosting and domain name you are in control. Your domain name is yours and gives your company a professional feel. It is your web address, place it on your business cards, it's yours, uniquely yours. It becomes part of your marketing identity like your address, email and telephone.
Get started today. You will have your own website up and running in no time.
Carol Cooper-Taylor
Welcome on board
Why Create Your Own Business Website
The finished product
Why WordPress?
WordPress Hosting
Recommended Hosting Companies
Hosting Quiz
ACTIVITY - Choose And Sign Up with A Host
Review
W4SB Discussion: Getting Started - Choosing A Hosting Company
Installing WordPress
How to install WordPress on recommended hosting
ACTIVITY: Install WordPress
Login to WordPress
ACTIVITY: login
A quick look around the WordPress dashboard
Review
W4SB Discussion: Installing Wordpress
General settings
Writing settings
Reading settings
Discussion settings
Media settings
Permalink settings
ACTIVITY: WordPress settings
Review
W4SB: WordPress settings
Drawing things out
Mapping your website structure: A B&B example
Mapping your website structure: A restaurant example
Mapping your website structure: A car dealership
Mapping your website structure: A lawyer
How to make a website map
ACTIVITY: Mapping out your website
Review
W4SB: Mapping out your website
Amending the home page
ACTIVITY: Amending the home page
Creating new pages
ACTIVITY: Create some pages
Managing the page hierarchy
Creating a menu
ACTIVITY: Create a menu
Review
W4SB: Creating pages and menus
Changing your theme
Where to find other free themes
Finding premium themes
Installing a theme from a download
ACTIVITY: Installing a theme
Review
W4SB: Themes
Customizr general settings
Customizr header settings
Customizr content settings
Customizr image sliders
Customizr footer settings
Customizr widget settings
ACTIVITY: Customize the Customizr theme
Review
W4SB: Customizing themes
Updating, activating and deleting plugins
Searching for and adding new plugins (part 1)
Searching for and adding new plugins (part 2)
Popup plugins
Recommended plugins
ACTIVITY: Plugins
Review
W4SM: Plugins
Why have a blog?
Create a page to hold your blog
Writing posts
Widgets for blogs
Handling comments
ACTIVITY: Blogging
Review
W4SB: Blogging
Bulk uploading images
Adding an image to a page or post
ACTIVITY: Uploading and adding images to page/post
Review
W4SB: Images
And finally...
If you need a simple, step by step tutorial on how to set up a business website using the Wordpress CMS, this course will suit you nicely. Carole is very ...
Read MoreIf you need a simple, step by step tutorial on how to set up a business website using the Wordpress CMS, this course will suit you nicely. Carole is very knowledgeable and it shows. She has the ability to make a technical process sound simple and she drip feeds information, so you aren't overwhelmed. Her diction is excellent and the timbre of her voice makes her easy to listen to. I highly recommend this course to newbies and the frankly terrified:- (of technology).
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